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to you by verizon fios. this is 9news now. >> good evening, everyone. i'm surae chinn. derek and anita are off tonight. we begin this evening with the story of a hero. marine sergeant bill care. he was killed by enemy fire yesterday in afghanistan. it was the terror attack on 9/11 that led sergeant care to join the marines. he was well into his 30s with a successful career and comfortable life but he felt the need to serve and tonight digital correspondent james hash spoke with the sergeant's family in alexandria. >> he was a son that every mother and every father would be happy to have. >> reporter: john care s his son. united states marine corps sergeant bill care killed while serving in afghanistan. >> he was the kind of young man evo was loyal and faithful to erything and everybody that he was involved with. >> repoerad: gr a teuaof penn ststtehe worked as a senate r feafbefore beginning a fe

career as a journalist. he ran for a congressional seat. he was moved after the terror attacks to serve his country again. >> he called me after the 9/11 service and he enlisted in the marines at the age of 34 years and about 11 months. >> reporter: completing the grueling marine corps boot camp at age 35 care was twice as old ad some of the other marines. that willingness to set aside a comfortable civilian life is reminiscent of another american hero. t tillman. >> i have beena great admirer of pat tillman also. he gave 110% and had very long e eslu po. re: rteranva >> reporter: an a reou reouprd of son they raisedsc holar, statesman, patriot and

marine they are prouder still of the examples he sets for others. >> i think it is a wonderful example for not just america but for all of human kind. he cared deeply about people and he stood ready to help them. he was always the first to give way for his own interests to help others and to help others advance and to see that they were taken care of. >> sergeant care will be buried at arlington national cemetery. a follow-up for you tonight on a bizarre house fire in leonard town last week. we first told you about this story last friday. police have arrested 22-year- old man. opal set fire to his mother's house after she kicked him out police say. he was found outside the

burning home stabbing himself. we also have an update for you now on a story we first told you about last night at 11:00 p.m. that car accident involving michael phelps. police say a woman ran a red light and hit michael phelps' cadillac in baltimore. police are citing michael phelps for driving with an expired out of state license. no one was hurt in that crash. this sunday on 60 minutes michael vick sits down for his first interview since leaving prison. it was taped before the quarterback signed with the philadelphia eagles. james brown asked michael vick if he felt after two years behind bars he is ready to play? >> two years is not a long time. i still run just as fast and throw the ball just as far as i did before i left. still have the same quickness. i know how i feel when i'm in tip top condition and i train now and i never trained before. >> the interview is sunday night at 7:00 p.m.

right here on channel 9. coming up in sports hear what michael vick had to say today when he was officially introduced by the eagles. bob mcdonald isn't virginia's governor but judging from issues being raised you might think he was. the republican candidate spent this evening trying to convince latinos that they should throw their weight behind his campaigns. andrew stack had a few questions for mcdonald himself. >> reporter: as bob mcdonald mingles his way through the crowd -- >> good to see you. >> reporter: he gets a hero's welcome from the republican national hispanic assembly. >> results oriented and can get the job done in those areas that we really care about. >> reporter: so it goes without saying a republican trying to sell republican values to other republicans shouldn't be too difficult but in this particular arena bob mcdonald may have his hands a little more full than he thinks.

>> identifying, recruiting and electing and supporting hispanics to be elected to office in the state of virginia. >> what will you do for the hispanic community if you get elected inside your circle? >> i'm trying to win the election on november 3 and not making any promises about anything beyond november 3. what i have told everybody is i want to do what i did as attorney general and that is to have an inclusive administration. >> reporter: one thing to say to the prospective governor. >> hispanic staff? i would like to see more like chief of staff. somebody that is hispanic. >> reporter: digital correspondent andrew stack, 9news now and wusa9.com. 100 delegates from around the country turned out for tonight's republican national hispanic assembly convention. mcdonald's opponent will be in

richmond and hampton roads this weekend. a conference call was held with reporters today. representatives blasted mcdonald's stance on abortion. >> we are changing the time of this show. saturday night 7:30 p.m. and sunday mornings at 11:30 p.m. if you plan to ride metro this weekend give yourselves extra time. repairs an maintenance work will cause delays. this weekend the fort totin station will be closed for repairs. now to the orange line. metro will replace some of the track between the vienna and west falls church station and that could add 30 minutes to urel. avme and here is a s foo drive through the e rnn'cos erarea of th beltway. v t do

will close the southbound i-25 exit ramp on to cambridge road. detour sides will guide you around the closed ramp. the weather on the weekend. what's in store for us today, topper, or for the weekend? >> we are in pretty good shape actually. temperatures have fall undown. pretty nice evening i have heard. overnight partly cloudy. we had a couple of orst earlier this evening. mild. low temperatures in the miord-6 in the suburbs. but low 70s downtown. winds will beghnow for your finabewal lknow for your wi ththe with the dog. frll, at 76, naalon but 73 d analy adreready 70 in manassas and culpepper . pretty comfortable for us. mid-70s do wndo s towafrs ks fredericksburg. satellite picture radar combined do see clouds off to the south and few showers off

the southeast coast. we will come back and talk about those showers, talk about the tropics heating up. >> thank you, topper. would you believe you can make $3 million in three months off one invention? that's the truth when it comes to iphone applications and anybody can do it. britney moorehouse introduces us to a team of locals with no experience who may be on their way. >> cell phone sales are down but smart phone sales are up. >> reporter: one of the few bright spots in the economy and now two locals are hoping to catch some of the glare. >> we think we have a unique product in the space. >> reporter: a never ending space. >> this is the application girls part too. >> reporter: yes, you heard him. girls fart too. >> girls getting busted for farting funny. >> reporter: these guys say

research tells them millions of other people will. take two top selling applications. >> pull my finger and i fart. >> reporter: raking in millions a week. the other one the moron taste. >> you are officially a moron. >> reporter: hahaha. here is a more they created. goofy and short scenes from real life. >> welcome to jim's auto. what brings you by today. >> the way the economy is today, recession times, everything is bad news. any doctor will tell you that laughter will kill. >> reporter: laughter at the cost of 99 cents or less. britney moorehouse, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> for the record topper just said they are awesome. so 99 cents might be worth it. apple is also partnering with various universities that offer

courses on making iphone applications at no cost and students can take a crack at creating. for everyone else out there there is a mere $99 fee to create and distribute. two rowers managed some dramatic moves. 40 years after woodstock, one of the groups erperforming thhioric stconcert comes to our area. that's next. 3f?f?f?f

welcome back to 9news now. i'm meteorologist topper shutt. next three days not bad. 89 on saturday. isolated storms. 90 on sunday. isolated storm. monday dry. low 90s. we will be heating up next week. we will talk about that in a weekend. weekend is flanky. hope you're watching in hd. a religious experience, actually. a few storms earlier today. everything is quiet tonight. be the same pattern again tomorrow temperatures 72 in brookville. low 70s just about everywhere. pretty comfortable for this time of night. 73 in bell haven.

72 in chantilly. 60s and 70s tomorrow with light winds. by afternoon partly cloudy. very warm. not quite hot. isolated thunderstorm possible. high temperatures in the upper 80s and winds southeasterly at about 10. cooling off for now. remember monday we started out at 97. fell to 93 on tuesday. we have leveled out at 87 wednesday, thursday and friday. that is average. we will be heating up a little bit over the week. 89 tomorrow. 90 on sunday. low 90s monday, tuesday and wednesday of next week. and that actually may be a little bit low. we may actually be in the mid- 90s by tuesday of next week. a nice summer weekend though, really. very warm on saturday. little bit hot on sunday. only isolated thunderstorms and it will turn hot next week. not 97 crazy hot but it will turn hot next week. satellite picture radar combined. we will zoom in to the southeast. a lot of areas now we are worried about in terms of tropical development. some showers and thunderstorms off the coast. there is a low probability of

that developing. a higher probability of seeing our first named storm. it would be anna. probably over the week. it is still way out in the atlantic. in the meantime this activity should stay south of us. next seven days. 89 tomorrow. isolated storm. isolated storm on sunday. 90. heating up a little bit. low 90s on monday. then we are kind of stuck in a pattern if you will. low 90s through next friday. isolated thunderstorms possible tuesday and wednesday. a little better chance of thunderstorms on thursday and friday. again, highs in the low 90s. >> heat is back on. not bad. >> not record stuff but hot. >> sounds good. keep the umbrellas sort of around? >> just a little bit tomorrow. >> topper i want you to listen to this. >> we are talking about being in the right place at the right time. check it out.

>> a british rowing team was churning through a remote part of the irish sea to raise money for cancer victims when another kind of victim literally fell out of the sky. a pilot crash landed his ultra light plane about 2 miles from their boat. >> we rowed against the waters. as we were getting closer we can just see the tail out of the water. >> so the rowing team radioed for help. a coastguard helicopter soon arrived and got the pilot from the water. he is recovering from cuts and bruises. that's a pretty bizarre scene when you're out rowing, huh? >> the guy that crashed won the lottery. the odds of that are unbelievable. like the hat that the guy was wearing rowing. >> in tonight's living well segment a warning for diabetes patients. the fda says certain blood

sugar test strips can give inaccurate readings in patients that are taking other medications. the fda urges diabetes patients not to use these in combination with dialysis and other biologic drugs. 40 years ago this week a relatively unknown band played their second gig together at a place called woodstock. tonight, minus neil young, crosby steels & nash performed. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: it was a sold out show. crosby steels & nash were back on the map. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: the fact that it was the 40th anniversary of woodstock was not lost on this

crowd. some of which were part of the woodstock nation. >> i was at woodstock. it was amazing. it was the greatest music, the greatest spectacle i have ever seen. >> pulled up in his big convertible saying i'm going upstate for a big concert. upstate new york for three days and we turned it down and have been kicking ourselves in the butt ever since. >> the event guy said it is a free concert. and then it was just people. more people than i had ever seen in one place in my life. >> reporter: and what woodstock meant. >> a lot of rock'n' roll and sounded like a good time. >> all those hippies became lawyers and drive beamers. there are maybe a few left but most of them sold out. >> reporter: it was a perfect washington night for good music and fond memories. reporting for 9news now and

wusa9.com. >> by the way, it was david crosby's birthday. he is 68 years old. bob dillon. how did it feel to be treated like a complete unknown? the singing legend was killing time before a show in longbranch, new jersey, when someone phoned the cops. dillon gave his name when an officer arrived but the officer had no idea who dillon was. they escorted him back to his hotel where the tour management had to vouch for him. >> those are the same guys who didn't know that paul mccartney was in a band before. snoop wait a minute, i'm here every night. who are you? >> we are here all the time. just be careful, young lady. don't get saucy with me, bernaise. you will hear from michael vick today as he joins the

eagles. plus, tiger woods running away and hiding at the pga. topper will join me for this highlight. sports is coming up. it is back to school time and 9news now is helping your family start the year off right with tips on smart spending and health information made just fo str ents. back-to-school week all next week at 5:00 p.m. on 9news now.

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it is time for 9sports with brett haber. the best sports in town. finding a team to play for may turn out to be the easy part for michael vick. now that he has one will be getting the players, fans and people that live in the community to accept him. numerous behind the scenes complications between eagles brass and local officials including the mayor of philadelphia and the city's humane society. there were some protestors today outside the eagles facility while inside michael

vick was vowing to make good on his second chance. >> i'm glad coach andy reid and the rest of the organization stepped forward. donovan mcnabb was very instrumental in that. i'm glad i got the opportunity at a second chance. i won't disappoint. >> of course the redskins were clear from the beginning they had no interest in michael vick. now, instead, they get to face him twice a year which means they better start doodling a game plan to stop the wildcats. the redskins could turn out to be michael vick's first opponent. he is eligible for reinstatement in week 6. they come in on a monday night no less. jim zorn today talked about dealing with michael vick. >> he is going to be very difficult. i think that it will be interesting to see how he works into the eagles. unfortunately he is in our division. i think a guy like that is going to be so fired up. i'm excited that he is able to start progressing back in. >> preseason football tonight. former ravens deep coordinator rex ryan now the head coach of

the jets hosting the rams. turning into a not so simple 78- yard touchdown. mark sanchez started for the jets and went 3 for 4, 88 yards. terps playing their first insta quad skimmage of intrasquad. chris turner anointed as the undisputed leader of the maryland offense. not because he has a rad throw but because he completed 57% of his passes last year threw 13 touchdowns and now has become a leader. >> i see little things i did in the past. making sure you got in. so he is helping everybody out around him where in the past he was kind of more concerned about just what his role was. >> tonight mystics hosting the conneticut suns.

double overtime. tied at 89. two seconds left. hugh langhorn nails it to win. now 12-11. if you thought the pga championship was over when tiger led by one stroke how over is it now that he leads by four? ninth time the tigers have a 36 full lead in a major. all eight previous times. round 2 today. back-to-back birdies and 6 and 7 then went back-to-back-to- back on 14, 15, and this from 20 on 16. two under 70. eight under. leading padraig harrington by three and a few others. look at ryan zimmerman. fast of franchise. pretty neat play to get his man. he did snap the 15-game hit streak but still an asset on defense. on offense ronnie belliard

picking the guys up. solo shot. that was enough for garrett moss who pitched six shut-out innings. nats win. first shutout of the year 2-0. os outfielder making history tonight. double in the 1st, homer in the 3rd then a single and triple in the 7th. hitting for the cycle. just the fourth oriole in history books. the cycle books. cal ripkin did it, aubrey huff did it. >> we will be right back. severe weather is coming. find out if your power is out at home. go to pepco.com and click on the 9news now power cast. for up to the minute storm tracking. 9news now and pepco keeping you prepared. eacher told her to get and for a great deal. she also expects he'll love the sandwich. she expects he'll think of her when he sees the note. so she shops target.

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